Uttar Pradesh Polls 2017

Uttar Pradesh local body elections 2017 results: Live updates

Yogi Adityanath credited BJP's victory to PM Narendra Modi's vision and BJP chief Amit Shah's electoral strategies.

Dec 01, 2017, 17:04 PM IST

Political parties spent Rs 5,500 crore on UP election campaign: Report

The UP polls saw a total of over Rs 5,500 crore spent on campaign by various parties, including about Rs 1,000 crore towards 'note for vote', with nearly one-third voters admitting to cash or liquor offer, a survey claimed on Friday.

Mar 17, 2017, 15:00 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: Over 60% voting recorded in final phase

Over 50 percent polling was reported on Wednesday in the seventh and last phase of Uttar Pradesh elections covering 40 Assembly seats spread over seven districts.

Mar 08, 2017, 18:02 PM IST

Ram Temple issue: UP BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya takes U-turn, says statement misconstrued

Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Keshav Prasad Maurya on Wednesday took a U-turn on his earlier statement on the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya saying his statement has been misinterpreted and misconstrued.

Jan 25, 2017, 13:47 PM IST

Amid speculations of 'Priyanka's rise eclipsing brother's future', Robert Vadra hails Rahul as 'youth icon'

With Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka getting all praise for successfully negotiating an alliance with the Samajwadi Party, her son-in-law Robert Vadra has hailed Rahul Gandhi and the young Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhlesh Yadav, as youth icons in a Facebbok post.

Jan 24, 2017, 09:56 AM IST

BSP releases first list of 100 candidates for Uttar Pradesh polls

The Election Commission yesterday announced seven-phase polling for 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh which will commence on February 11 and conclude on March 8. 

Jan 05, 2017, 14:25 PM IST

These states will go to polls in 2017

2017 will be an eventful year for Indian politics.

Jan 02, 2017, 16:51 PM IST

UP polls 2017: RLD, allies declare Jayant Chaudhary as CM candidate

RLD leader and former MP Jayant Chaudhary was on Thursday projected as chief ministerial candidate for the party and its allies at a rally at Abairani crossing here.

Dec 30, 2016, 01:57 AM IST

Anti-incumbency factor will hit parties joining hands with Samajwadi Party, says AIMIM chief Owaisi

Amid speculation about a "maha-gathbandhan' (grand alliance) in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has said parties joining hands with the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) would be weighed down by anti-incumbency and other factors.

Nov 10, 2016, 15:05 PM IST

No 'mahagathbandhan' in UP without Akhilesh: RLD, JD(U) tell Mulayam Singh Yadav

Amid talks of a grand alliance between secular parties to defeat BJP in the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, it has now emerged that the erstwhile constituents of 'Janata Parivar' - JD(U) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) – are not interested in any electoral alliance with the ruling Samajwadi Party without state's young CM Akhilesh Yadav.

Nov 04, 2016, 10:39 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi holds road show in Gorakhpur, blames PM for not waiving loans of poor farmers

Soon after his arrival in Gorakhpur, Rahul Gandhi said, ''The Centre has forgotten the farmers of country."a

Sep 07, 2016, 09:32 AM IST

BJP, SP to win equal number of seats in UP polls, claims new survey

The BJP and the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh appear to be in a neck-and-neck contest in the state assembly election due early next year.

Sep 02, 2016, 22:55 PM IST